a couple of STATIC control questions

This is a discussion on a couple of STATIC control questions within the Windows Programming forums, part of the Platform Specific Boards category; Okay, I have a multi-line static control. But when I put in more text than viewable on screen, the scroll ...

If you want more than one color, use multiple static controls. Otherwise, I think you'll have to look into RichEdit controls. Exactly why do you need multiple colors in a static text control, anyway? Also, are you subclassing your controls?

You can always design your own control if there's nothing prebuilt that does the job you want. I did this for a project of mine where I wanted more control over the editing and text output than the Richedit provided.

Originally posted by JasonD If you want more than one color, use multiple static controls. Otherwise, I think you'll have to look into RichEdit controls. Exactly why do you need multiple colors in a static text control, anyway? Also, are you subclassing your controls?